Home▸Physics & Mechanics▸Spinning Top Physics - 2D Precession Cone, Spin Decay and Gyroscope Law

🪀 Spinning Top Physics - 2D Precession Cone, Spin Decay and Gyroscope Law

2D companion of the spinning top simulator: top-down precession path and side-view tilt cone, spin, tilt and precession-rate graphs, and a comparison of the page's precession model with the gyroscope law, using the same phase model as the 3D page.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Spinning Top Physics - 2D Precession Cone, Spin Decay and Gyroscope Law ↗ Open standalone
⚙ Under the hood

2D companion of the spinning top simulator: top-down precession path and side-view tilt cone, spin, tilt and precession-rate graphs, and a comparison of the page's precession model with the gyroscope law, using the same phase model as the 3D page.

Spinning TopGyroscopePrecessionAngular MomentumCanvas 2D

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

What did you find?

Add reproduction steps (optional)